Rosie’s cancer case shows AI helped, but didn’t cure

The Verge debunks the viral claim that ChatGPT cured a dog’s cancer, showing that while AI tools aided researchers (in brainstorming ideas, literature review, and interpreting results with AlphaFold) the actual vaccine was designed and administered by human scientists. The observed tumor shrinkage may have resulted from a combination of imaging-guided immunotherapy and other factors, not a definitive AI-led cure. Experts warn against overhyping AI as a medicine replacement and emphasize the substantial human labor, funding, and labs required for real treatments.